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OK, time for a little fun.......!This rock crystal bottle came without a stopper, and I have four possible options which fit.

The first one is a lilac coloured jadeite; the second an old red carnelian 'split bead'; the third a deep blue lapis lazuli; and the fourth (very subtle but doesn't show up too well in the photo) is a pale clear smoky quartz cabochon.

Dear Tom,since Joey has taught me that the stopper or at least the collar, if present, must have a slight largest diameter of the neck, I canít stand anymore the view of a bottle with the stopper smaller than the neck. I am seriously suspecting that I have Asperger too. A smaller collar indeed makes no sense and that hurts my view. So I will vote against all the four stoppers. But if I have to choose the color only, I would vote the lilac and the red.Nice bottle!Giovanni

Dear Tom,since Joey has taught me that the stopper or at least the collar, if present, must have a slight largest diameter of the neck, I canít stand anymore the view of a bottle with the stopper smaller than the neck. I am seriously suspecting that I have Asperger too. A smaller collar indeed makes no sense and that hurts my view. So I will vote against all the four stoppers. But if I have to choose the color only, I would vote the lilac and the red.Nice bottle!Giovanni

I agree with Giovanni about the diameter of the stopper compared to neck size.. Joey has mentioned the same many times..

That aside, I vote for the pale clear smoky quartz cabochon stopper, and its low profile for this bottle..

Although I love the lavender and smoky quartz, the 1st and 4th stoppers are a little to subtle for my tastes. The red to me draws away from the bottle, while the blue is my preferred color for this bottle that draws my view down the body of the bottle from the stopper.

Thank you all for your votes and comments. Voting is not closed until next weekend, so let's see more of the newer forum members casting their votes.

Giovanni and Joey have pointed out their preference for a collar which extends beyond the neck of the bottle. This vote is about the cabochon atop the collar, so thank you both for voting on that point. Following Giovanni's comment I re-checked the diameters of both neck and collar. The bottle neck stands at 24.5 mm (or 31/32 of an inch), which turns out to be the widest of any stone bottle in my entire collection. The collar seen in options 1,2 and 3 is the same in each photo. It too is 24.5 mm in diameter. So they are exactly the same width, although reflections in the photos may make them not look so. The collar on the fourth and last option is a different one, with a diameter of 23.7 mm (15/16 of an inch) - so there is a 0.4 mm (1/64 of an inch) step in all round. My apologies, but I don't have a larger collar in my stock!

I did vote for the fourth option and agree that there should be a slightly larger collar. Also I would like to push this further by requesting for this collar to be made of a hardstone. A Lapis or Aquamarine or....

Dear Tom, A very beautiful bottle w/fine carvings - congratulations, and I look forward to reading the post on it!

( As for stopper choice- I have to abstain from voting - my favorite colors are red and blue- However, I would not want to risk creating a distraction to the eyes on a bottle that was done at a very high level like this by using a stopper that may not be so easy on the eyes for character in size, material, age or color choice

However, I would not want to risk creating a distraction to the eyes on a bottle that was done at a very high level like this by using a stopper that may not be so easy on the eyes for character in size, material, age or color choice

I think this is also why I am attracted the lower profile cabochon on the #4 stopper.